What is $100 in 1997 worth in 2001?

$100 in 1997 has the purchasing power of about $110 in 2001, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1997 and 2001?

Prices rose 10.3% in total between 1997 and 2001, an average of 2.49% per year.

How much is $1 in 1997 worth today?

$1 in 1997 is equivalent to about $1.10 in 2001. Equivalently, a 2001 dollar buys what $0.91 bought in 1997.

U.S. inflation · 1997–2001

Value of $100 in 1997, adjusted to 2001

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1997 has the same buying power as

$110

in 2001

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	10.3%
Average inflation rate	2.49% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$110
Price difference ($100 base)	$10.34
CPI in 1997	160.5
CPI in 2001	177.1
Inflation in 1997	2.29%
Inflation in 2001	2.85%
$100 in 1997 → 2001	$110
$100 in 2001 → 1997	$90.63

What happened to prices between 1997 and 2001

Between 1997 and 2001, the Consumer Price Index went from 160.5 to 177.1. Cumulatively, prices increased 10.3%, which works out to an average of 2.49% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1997 bought what $0.91 buys in 2001.

Common amounts: 1997 dollars in 2001

Amount in 1997	Value in 2001
$1.00	$1.10
$5.00	$5.52
$10.00	$11.03
$20.00	$22.07
$50.00	$55.17
$100	$110
$500	$552
$1,000	$1,103
$5,000	$5,517
$10,000	$11,034
$100,000	$110,343
$1,000,000	$1,103,427

Inflation by spending category, 1997–2001

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1997 spending costs in 2001, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1997 →
All items (CPI-U)	2.49%	$110
Medical care	3.84%	$116
Energy	3.77%	$116
Housing	2.99%	$113
Food	2.42%	$110
Core (all items less food & energy)	2.36%	$110
Transportation	1.69%	$107
Education & communication	1.68%	$107
Recreation	1.30%	$105
Apparel	-1.07%	$95.79

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1997

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1997
1997	160.5	2.3%	$100
1998	163	1.6%	$102
1999	166.6	2.2%	$104
2000	172.2	3.4%	$107
2001	177.1	2.8%	$110

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1997 to 2001: $100 is worth $110 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1997-to-2001/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1997 to 2001. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1997-to-2001/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.